... I would also like to point out, that while this poll may be interesting, just the fact that it appears in the Forum makes it extremely biased...

I thought of that before I started the poll, but I couldn't figure out how to put a similar poll on TT. Anyway, this isn't California so the majority of the vote doesn't matter here,* A significant showing should be enough.

Really dislike the forum. I find the entire website difficult to navigate (It took 3 logins to get here).

Bwahaha! Hysterical.

The reason it is so close is because the TT people don;t want to lose TT and they are coming together - and I don't blame them. I'd do the same thing. Too bad none of them really are giving the forum a chance, though. I only see one post, then out, on most of them.

Too bad none of them really are giving the forum a chance, though. I only see one post, then out, on most of them. [/quote]

Not to repeat on different threads, but...

There are significant differences in usage patterns between the forum and TT. Thus, you don't have too many TT readers engaged in back and forth, real-time, responses on the forum.

I wouldn't say none of us are giving it a chance. That's a gross generalization of the sort that helps polarize the conversation.

For those of you who don't/won't read TT, you might be surprised to know that a good deal of the hue and cry (though certainly not all of it) has been related to the fact (or the feeling) that the decision was made without input (or with minimal input) from the members.

There are certainly those who have had a negative response to the forum, but on the whole I think people would have responded better had there been an open discussion in advance of a decision and the members had input.

As for me, I've already spent too much of my work day here and you're keeping me from the saabcentral forum!

I voted to keep TT. I've used both, and while the forum has it's place, I feel the format has a tendency to "wander" and go off-topic too easily. There is also way too much "white space" and other extraneous real estate compared to the information density in TT.

Do I detect a general current here? People who say they use both but prefer TT .... but who don't really seem to be usingt he forum at all. 4 posts?? You have looked at it once or twice ... maybe 4 times tops.

The gist of it I get, is that the "TT" people prefer textbook answers. No bs, no jokes, just the facts. I say that's what books are for. I have an idea, what if the best answer from each thread could be plucked - and the question and answer get put into a digest. Would that be TT-ish enough? Still need a volunteer or mod to flag the answers (or do a voting system); but the consolidation could probably be run as a nightly script - resulting in an email. And the pub gets no flags.

New to the forums, so maybe I'll learn to enjoy them, but TT has been a major source of knowledge and enjoyment. Even if I evolve into one of the insider-joking, opinion-spouting forum regulars, it will be the TT that brought me along.